Romans 6:15-23
Slaves of Righteousness
15What then? aShall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? bMay it never be! 16Do you not aknow that when you go on presenting yourselves to someone as bslaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of csin 1leading to death, or of obedience 2leading to righteousness? 17But athanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart that bpattern of teaching to which you were cgiven over, 18and having been afreed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 19aI am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just bas you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, 1leading to further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, 2leading to sanctification.
20For awhen you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21Therefore what 1,abenefit were you then having 2from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is bdeath. 22But now having been afreed from sin and benslaved to God, you have your 1,cbenefit, 2leading to sanctification, and dthe end, eternal life. 23For the wages of asin is death, but the gracious gift of God is beternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.